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Cougar sighting in Victoria turns out to be deer, police make jokes

This image provided by the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy shows a photo of a wild cougar they say was taken by a remote camera June 1, 2012, on private property in southern Marquette County, Mich. Photo: (AP Photo/Michigan Wildlife Conservancy)

Police in Victoria B.C. have a great sense of humour and a strong social media presence. The two go hand-in-hand when stories break about dangerous animals stalking helpless people, but then those dangerous animals turn out to be helpless herbivores.

On Thursday morning, Victoria police received word that a cougar could have been seen in a residential neighbourhood.

Reports of a cougar sighted in the 1100 blk of Esquimalt road. We're looking for it.

This is par for the course for this particular police department, though. Luckily for us, they’re not the only police organization with a sense of humour. In Ontario, the chief of police in Sudbury is also having some Halloween fun.